Chris Pappas
- Previous profession
- Small business owner, The Puritan Backroom Restaurant
- First public office
- 2002Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 2002 to 2006
- Years in public office
- 21
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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The saved record holds 393 recorded votes by Chris Pappas, from 2019 to 2026.
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117th Congress, 2021 and 2022
182 Yes · 0 No · 2 Did not vote on 184 laws of this Congress. 3 votes on a resolution that passed a law.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 5 laws and 5 executive orders.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
22 excerpts
- Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026September 16, 2026
Pappas Statement on Need for Russian Sanctions
“Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after voting no on H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026:”
- Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ElectionsSeptember 10, 2026
Pappas Fights Back on Trump’s Executive Order Limiting Mail-In Voting
“In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14399 seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the Congressional Postal Caucus, led 99 members in calling on the Postmaster General to revoke a Postal Service rule codifying the order. In addition to that, Pappas joined a bipartisan coalition in”
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Pappas Continues to Fight for Manchester VA Improvements
“Authorization for that project was only enacted two weeks ago through S. 2393, more than seven months after FY 2026 appropriations were signed into law and more than year after construction began. The VA’s authority to start construction efforts at Manchester once funding has been appropriated is well established.”
- Classified National Security InformationMay 13, 2026
“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
- Classified National Security InformationMay 13, 2026
“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“The MTC has brought forward a ULP charge to the FLRA but has been informed that due to President Trump’s March 27, 2025, Executive Order 14251, limiting the right of certain federal employees to engage in collective bargaining, the FLRA would not process the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employee ULP case. However, recent court rulings have nullified portions of that order,”
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- Classified National Security InformationMay 11, 2026
“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
- Classified National Security InformationMay 11, 2026
“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“As such, we demand that you rescind Executive Order 14399 immediately and instead focus on expanding access to mail-in voting, rather than using the Postal Service to suppress Americans’ right to vote.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActApril 10, 2026
Pappas Introduces Bill to Ban Corporations from Using AI to Raise Food Prices
“He is a co-sponsor of the No Tariffs on Groceries Act, which would require Congressional approval for any tariff levied on food or agricultural products, and the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025, which would repeal the cuts to SNAP in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActApril 1, 2026
Pappas Introduces the Protein for Every Plate Act
“The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed last summer, included the largest cut to SNAP benefits in history. This put 77,000 Granite Staters at risk of losing support.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActMarch 18, 2026
“The attacks on reproductive health care from this administration and congressional Republicans continued with an estimated 15 million Americans poised to lose health insurance under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Republicans’ failure to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, and a budget proposal and partisan spending bill for FY2026 that sought to eliminate the Title X program entirely.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJanuary 22, 2026
“Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) proposed an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 to include his legislation, the PUBLIC SAFETY Act to redirect almost $75 billion in funding passed in the Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and send it instead to local law enforcement programs to help”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJanuary 22, 2026
Pappas Statement on Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act
“That is why I introduced an amendment to this legislation to redirect $75 billion in excess funding from the Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act from ICE and send it instead to local police departments who know their communities best. Unfortunately, the Republican majority blocked this amendment.”
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Pappas Statement on Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act
“Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement about his vote on H.R. 7147 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026:”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJanuary 21, 2026
Pappas Introduces Legislation to Redirect Excessive ICE Funding to Local Law Enforcement
“Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the PUBLIC SAFETY Act to redirect almost $75 billion in funding passed in the Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which Congressman Pappas opposed, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and send it instead to local law enforcement programs to help hire and train 200,000 local cops nationwide. Pappas’s bill would not”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActDecember 16, 2025
Pappas Introduces Legislation to Protect Granite Staters’ Access to Affordable Health Care Coverage
“This includes extending the 2026 Open Enrollment period, restoring auto-reenrollment and the Special Enrollment Period (SEP) which were repealed in the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and funding the Navigator Program.”
- Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations ProgramsDecember 11, 2025
Pappas Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Federal Workers’ Union Rights
“President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice, and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior, and Agriculture. The order affected around a million federal workers, of whom roughly one-third are”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActDecember 10, 2025
“Since the devastating H.R.1 was first introduced, she has worked to deliver a bipartisan solution to the health care crisis, including by leading commonsense, bipartisan legislation, the Fix It Act, to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters who rely on them. She has also urged Senate leadership to engage in”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActDecember 4, 2025
Pappas, Goodlander Launch Bipartisan Plan to Lower Health Care Costs
“Since the devastating H.R.1 was first introduced, she has worked to deliver a bipartisan solution to the health care crisis, including by leading commonsense, bipartisan legislation, the Fix It Act, to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters who rely on them. She has also urged Senate leadership to engage in”
- Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior IndependenceNovember 21, 2025
“On May 9, President Trump issued Executive Order 14296, titled “Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence.” Section 5(b) of this order, which dealt with veterans’ health care, required that, within 180 days, you submit to the President “an action plan to expand services to support a full-service medical center in New Hampshire so that”
- Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026November 13, 2025
Pappas Continues Fight to Prevent Health Care Costs from Skyrocketing for Granite Staters
“Yesterday, he submitted an amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5371 that would have added the language of the Right to Enroll Act to extend open enrollment to May 1, and cosponsored an amendment that would have extended the enhanced premium tax credits for three years. Republicans rejected both of these amendments.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $13,326,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NH City of Manche Drainage ImprEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NH City of Roches Wastewater La Phase IIEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NH Town of Newmar Reliability I ProjectEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| Newmarket Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Newmarket Police Department Technology UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $400,000 |
| Town of Derry Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Derry, Londonderry, Windham Police Regional RMS/CAD SystemDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Somersworth Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Somersworth Police Department Police Portable RadiosDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $130,000 |
| City of Portsmouth Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Portsmouth Police IT & SecurityDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| NH | Public Law 119-75 | Pettengill Road Traffic Improvements and Widening ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | NH | $2,000,000 |
| Town of Hooksett | Public Law 119-75 | Martins Ferry Roadway Intersection Improvement and Bridge ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $2,000,000 |
| Portsmouth Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Urban Forest Workforce Housing ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $850,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Dover Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Garrison Crossing HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $1,000,000 |
| City of Manchester | Public Law 119-75 | JFK Coliseum Chiller Plant ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $850,000 |
| Town of Rye | Public Law 119-75 | Rye Fuel Island ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $250,000 |
| Town of Barrington | Public Law 119-75 | Barrington CommonsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $250,000 |
| Rockingham Planning Commission | Public Law 119-75 | New Hampshire Rail Trail User Counting NetworkDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $250,000 |
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Campaign promises
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Online ads
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Chris Pappas for Senate Google Ads Transparency Center
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The library lists 85 ads by this advertiser since January 3, 2025.
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